Olympic Workers Defy Court Order, Stay on Strike
Striking construction workers stayed off the job at the Olympic Park Thursday — the main cluster of venues for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics — defying a court order for them to return.
The work stoppage began a week ago and comes as the International Olympic Committee is sending top-level advisers to Rio to tackle delays threatening South America's first Olympics.
A statement from Rio Mais, a consortium building venues at Olympic Park, said workers remained on strike. The work stoppage began April 3 and affects at least 2,000 workers.
A regional labor court ordered the strikers back to work on Wednesday.
The Rio Olympics has been bogged down by late starts and political in-fighting, mirroring many of the delays and confusion surrounding Brazil's upcoming World Cup.
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